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Ricky Hatton: What's the point of Floyd Mayweather being the world's best fighter if everyone thinks he's a d***head?
By Richard Arrowsmith , Mail Online (UK), Mon, 11 May 2015
Former welterweight world champion Ricky Hatton has launched a scathing attack on Floyd Mayweather Jnr and his egocentric behaviour.
The unbeaten American recently defeated Manny Pacquiao in 'the fight of the century' to lay his claim to be remembered as the greatest pound-for-pound boxer of all Read Full Story >>>Manny Pacquiao and wife Jinkee look cheerful on 15th wedding anniversary
By Gareth Butler, GulfNews.com, Mon, 11 May 2015
Manny Pacquiao and wife Jinkee celebrated their 15th wedding anniversary with an Instagram selfie on Sunday morning.
The Filipino boxer appeared in a sling following the shoulder operation he needed after the recent fight against Floyd Mayweather.
?Happy 15th Wedding Anniversary [si Read Full Story >>> CANELO ALVAREZ DELIVERS THUNDEROUS THIRD ROUND KNOCKOUT AGAINST JAMES KIRKLAND
PhilBoxing.com, Sun, 10 May 2015
HOUSTON (May 10) - In front of more than 31,000 raucous fans Minute Maid Park in Houston, super welterweight sensation Mexico's Canelo Alvarez (45-1-1, 32 KOs) knocked out Texas' James "Mandingo Warrior" Kirkland (32-2, Read Full Story >>> Canelo Alvarez puts 'Fight of the Century' in rearview with devastating
By Kevin Iole, Yahoo! Sports, Sun, 10 May 2015
HOUSTON ? While there are many fans who appreciate the subtlety and nuance of a slick boxer, Canelo Alvarez on Saturday proved that there remains unmitigated love for one who delivers sheer, unadulterated violence.
A week after the so-called "Fight of the Century," turned off thousands of fans an Read Full Story >>> Viva Mexico: Canelo Crushes Kirkland
By Robert Ecksel, Boxing.com, Sun, 10 May 2015
The fight was, as promised, an old-school Texas shootout. It looks like it?s High Noon again in Boxing?
HOUSTON, Texas?Saturday night at Minute Maid Park in Houston, Texas, former WBA/WBC super welterweight champion Canelo Alvarez (45-1-1, 32 KOs), the red-haired slugger from Guadalajara, Jalisco Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao Still Has The Chance To Win, But In Politics
By Sean Farlow, Gazette Review, Sun, 10 May 2015
Manny Pacquiao lost one of the biggest fights in his career, but this now gives him the opportunity to seek for a win, this time in politics.
The Philippines hero definitely has a shot at getting somewhere, since their elections usually end up being won by the famous and rich candidates.
Those Read Full Story >>> Muhammad Ali tribute in Dubai, Khan vs Pacquiao in 2016
By Allaam Ousman, Emirates 24/7, Sun, 10 May 2015
Dubai is being viewed as the next capital of the boxing world by a leading US boxing executive who is planning a tribute to Muhammad Ali and a championship fight featuring Filipino ring icon Manny Pacquiao in the UAE.
?We are putting together an HBO show live in prime time Dubai later this year f Read Full Story >>> All about the money: Arum thinks Mayweather will fight Pacquiao again
GMA News Online, Sun, 10 May 2015
Despite Floyd Mayweather's recent pronouncements about denying Manny Pacquiao a rematch, promoter Bob Arum thinks a sequel to their mega-fight would ultimately happen.
Speaking to ESPN.com, Arum said the issue will come down to one thing: money.
"Ultimately, with all the aggravation and troubl Read Full Story >>> Marquez: #MayPac fight should have been moved
ABS-CBN News, Sun, 10 May 2015
Filipino boxing icon Manny Pacquiao should have asked for a postponement of his "Fight of the Century" against Floyd Mayweather Jr., according to Mexican legend Juan Manuel Marquez.
Pacquiao lost to Mayweather via unanimous decision only to admit after the fight that he fought despite having a se Read Full Story >>> Daniel Geale: ?Floyd Mayweather is extremely fast, skillful, and hard to hit. He did everything that he needed to against Pacquiao?
By Robert Brown, OTR Boxing Radio, Sun, 10 May 2015
I recently was afforded an opportunity to speak to former IBO middleweight champion, Daniel ?The Real Deal? Geale who is scheduled to face Miguel Cotto on June 6th, at a catchweight of 157lbs. Geale is coming off of a win in December and is looking to recapture a middleweight title belt. Geale discu Read Full Story >>> ?CANELO? ALVAREZ IN SPECTACULAR 3RD ROUND KO HELPS FANS FORGET THE CONTROVERSY-RIDDLED PACQUIAO-MAYWEATHER FIGHT
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Sun, 10 May 2015
Former world champion Saul ?Canelo? Alvarez, the 24 year old Mexican superstar scored a spectacular 3rd round knockout over slugger James ?Mandingo Warrior? Kirkland at the Minute Maid Park in Houston, Texas and helped f Read Full Story >>> Unlike Mayweather-Pacquiao, ?Canelo? Alvarez puts on show with KO
By Associated Press, New York Post, Sun, 10 May 2015
HOUSTON ? Saul ?Canelo? Alvarez knocked out James Kirkland with a sweeping right at 2:19 of the third round in their 154-pound fight Saturday night at Minute Maid Park.
?I?m happy about the win,? Alvarez said. ?The result was what I expected.?
Moments after getting off the canvas after being d Read Full Story >>> Canelo Alvarez Brutalizes, Stops James Kirkland In Three Rounds
By Alex McClintock , The Queensberry Rules, Sun, 10 May 2015
Boxing fans left unsatisfied by last week?s ?Fight of the Century? were treated to a brutal one-sided shootout between Saul ?Canelo? Alvarez and James Kirkland in Houston Saturday night on HBO. The junior middleweight bout was entertaining as long as it lasted, but it was clear from early on that Ca Read Full Story >>> Mayweather: Khan Up Next Then Pacman Despite Rant
By Matthew R. Fellows, Liberty Voice, Sun, 10 May 2015
Word out of Vegas is that Floyd Mayweather has Amir Khan up next, then despite his recent rant, he fully intends to give Pacman the rematch he originally offered in a tweet to Stephen A. Smith of ESPN. Much has been made of his post-tweet reversal, but as insiders indicate, things change quickly whe Read Full Story >>> Money men crank up narratives for another steal of the century
By Tommy Conlon, Independent.ie, Sun, 10 May 2015
For the millions who watched the fight just hoping to get a decent bang for their buck, the news that Manny Pacquiao came into it carrying a bad shoulder only rubbed salt into the wound.
Feeling suckered - again - by boxing's recidivist talent for selling promises it cannot deliver on clouds of h Read Full Story >>> TIM COWLISHAW: After long history with sport, I'm done with boxing
GoSanAngelo.com, Sun, 10 May 2015
You could feel boxing settling uncomfortably onto its deathbed when you read ?The Professional? by W.C. Heinz, a remarkably clean writer who was in many ways a mentor for Elmore Leonard. Heinz wrote the book in 1958.
If boxing was simply in its death throes in the ?50s, then surely the very real Read Full Story >>> Canelo ?lvarez destroys James Kirkland with brutal third-round KO
By Nick Schwartz, USA Today, Sun, 10 May 2015
Millions of casual boxing fans that paid $100 to watch Mayweather-Pacquiao ?megafight? were left supremely disappointed, but Canelo ?lvarez did his best to prove that boxing isn?t dead with an electrifying knockout victory over James Kirkland Saturday.
From the opening bell, ?lvarez and Kirkland Read Full Story >>> Canelo KO?s Kirkland in Texas massacre
By Phil D. Jay, World Boxing News, Sun, 10 May 2015
James Kirkland's return to the ring following a long absence concluded in devastating fashion as the Texan was completely ended in the third round by Mexican superstar Canelo Alvarez.
On his home turf, where most of the fans were pro-Canelo, Kirkland attempted to fight fire with fire from the fir Read Full Story >>> Clottey and Diaz ease to victory in Texas; Taishan moves to 4-0
By Phil D. Jay, World Boxing News, Sun, 10 May 2015
Jospeh Diaz Jr kept up his unbeaten run as the 2012 Olympian dominated Giovanni Delgado through ten rounds. Diaz is now 16-0 since entering the paid ranks and hardly left first gear in taking a wide points win.
I could only give Delgado a share of the third round throughout the bout, although the Read Full Story >>> Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao's fight was boxing at its best
By Palash Krishna Mehrotra, Mail Online (UK), Sun, 10 May 2015
It was the sweetest bout I ever watched.
Manny versus Mayweather.
Now here?s the thing. The oldtimers said, this was so, oops, it?s a terrible word: ?so commercial?.
Man, all boxing is commercial! Ever heard about prize fighters?
They play it up beautifully, like only the Americans c Read Full Story >>>
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